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Journals Medical Newsletter for 2026-02-07 ( 12 items )  
Alsobrooks, Wyden Continue to Build the Case Against RFK Jr. (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Wyden Continue to Build the Case Against RFK Jr. After releasing a 54-page report chronicling every day of RFK Jr.'s costly, chaotic, and corrupt reign as Secretary, Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden continue to build their case for why RFK Jr. must resign or be fired. * RFK Jr. continues to harm the American people. On September 4, 2025, Ranking Member Ron Wyden and Senator Angela Al more PR

An Accidental Scholar of Physiology and Biophysics Retires (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * An Accidental Scholar of Physiology and Biophysics Retires * After spending 50 years studying how things work in living organisms, Dr. Karl Magleby sees continuing discoveries leading to a bright future. Karl Magleby, Ph.D., has spent five decades exploring how activity in tiny biological structures can have a large impact on human health. The professor and former chair of the Dep more PR

Bayer's Asundexian Demonstrated a Substantial, 26 Percent Reduction in Stroke After a Non-Cardioembolic Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack With No Increase in ISTH Major Bleeding Versus Placebo (10)
LEVERKUSEN, Germany, Feb. 7 -- Bayer, a pharmaceutical and life sciences company, issued the following news release: * * * Bayer's asundexian demonstrated a substantial, 26 percent reduction in stroke after a non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack with no increase in ISTH major bleeding versus placebo In OCEANIC-STROKE, patients who received asundexian after a non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack were significantly less lik more PR

Blumenthal, Boozman, King & Duckworth Lead Bipartisan Push to Secure Long-Overdue Benefits for K2 Veterans (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Boozman, King & Duckworth Lead Bipartisan Push to Secure Long-Overdue Benefits for K2 Veterans * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Angus King (I-ME), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) are calling on the Department of Defense (DOD) to review and confirm the presence of radiation and toxic  more PR

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Discover Complex Clinical Trajectory in Patients with Rare Genetic Epilepsy (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Discover Complex Clinical Trajectory in Patients with Rare Genetic Epilepsy * Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), have performed a retrospective natural history study to characterize the comple more PR

E&C Democrats Demand Answers From Trump Administration on Unethical Hepatitis B Experiment on Newborns (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * E&C Democrats Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Unethical Hepatitis B Experiment on Newborns CDC Awarded Grant Funding to a Study Intending to Withold Hepatitis B Immunization Shots from Newborns in Guinea-Bissau, A Country Where Nearly One in Five Adults Lives with the Disease "These ethical failures have le more PR

High-dose therapy had lasting benefits for infants with stroke before or soon after birth (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 6 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * High-dose therapy had lasting benefits for infants with stroke before or soon after birth * Research Highlights: * For infants and toddlers who have had a stroke, a new treatment that restricted the use of their stronger arm and hand to encourage them to use their stroke-affected arm and hand, combined with high-dosage and a specific type of goal-directed therapy, led t more PR

Preeminent US History Journal Features University of Kentucky Professor's Essay (10)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Preeminent US history journal features UK professor's essay Allison Perry, Public Relations and Strategic Communications In a new essay, a University of Kentucky historian examines how confronting past choices in scholarship can redirect a scholar's path and cultivate insight. The essay appeared in a September 2025 special issue of the American Historical Review titled "Mistakes I Have Made."  more PR

Science Division awards honor staff and faculty for outstanding work and dedication (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb. 6 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Science Division awards honor staff and faculty for outstanding work and dedication * Alyssa Danielli, department manager in astronomy and astrophysics, and Carrie Partch, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, are being honored by the Science Division for their outstanding work. Danielli and Partch are the respective recipients of the division's 2024-25 Outstanding Staff and F more PR

Senator Blunt Rochester Demands Answers and Accountability From Secretary Bessent on Housing Costs (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Demands Answers and Accountability from Secretary Bessent on Housing Costs U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today participated in a hearing with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. Senator Blunt Rochester pressed Secretary Bessent for answers and clarity on housing cos more PR

Symposium to address policy gaps in rural America (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 6 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Symposium to address policy gaps in rural America * LAWRENCE -On Feb. 20, the 2026 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium will convene leading scholars, practitioners and policymakers to examine the structural and legal challenges confronting rural American communities. "This symposium is important to me both personally and professionally. I grew up in rural Kansas, where my family has lived and  more PR

University of Virginia: Q&A - What Do Young People Need to Know About Colorectal Cancer? (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following Q&A on Feb. 6, 2026, by Zeina Mohammed with Li Li, chair of the Department of Family Medicine and co-director of the Cancer Prevention and Population Health Program at UVA Cancer Center: * * * Q&A: What do young people need to know about colorectal cancer? A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in people under 5 more PR